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Maria Grenfell  

Blue Green Red Black

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1996
for percussion ensemble of four players

Peter McClymont  

Blue Trio

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1982
for oboe, B flat clarinet and piano

Jenny McLeod  

Cambridge Suite

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1962
for chamber orchestra

Philip Norman  

Canterbury Rhythms

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1989
for orchestra

Jack Body  

Carol to St. Stephen

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1975
for soprano, alto and tenor soloists and SATB choir

Douglas Lilburn  

Carousel

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1976
for tape

Martin Lodge  

Cassation

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1991
for chamber orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    2222; 2100; strings
  • Programme Note

    The origin of the term ‘cassation’ is clouded with speculation, but around the time of Haydn and Mozart it was used more or less interchangeably with ‘serenade’ and ‘divertimento’. Generally such pieces were for orchestra, and written in an entertaining, less serious vein. The present work for chamber orchestra also is of a lighter character. It has an outdoor flavour, and features uncomplicated, open harmonies, jaunty rhythms and clear melodies.


    The first movement has an energetic, raucous character rising out of the resonant sounds of the open strings of violins and violas. Sections of uneven rhythm alternate with simpler passages, as if one were strolling briskly through streets in which various sorts of different activity were going on. The ‘Nocturne’ is pensive and nostalgic. Expressive lines for solo horn and cello rise out of a gentle, rather static atmosphere. The third movement is a short and capricious treatment of the opening oboe theme from Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck. This scrap of tune – playful but loaded – is introduced upside down here, and is restored to its original shape at the end after some free-wheeling excursions.


    Cassation was Martin Lodge’s first orchestral work. It was commissioned by the Wellington Chamber Orchestra, which gave the premiere in 1990.

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Christopher Marshall  

Chaconne

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1998, r. 2004
for orchestra

Jenny McLeod  

Childhood

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1981
ten short songs for unaccompanied SATB choir

John Rimmer  

Composition 3

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1973
for harp and electronic sounds